Ashoro
Ashoro is a town located in Tokachi Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan. As of 31 December 2025, the town had an estimated population of 5,772 in 3130 households, and a population density of 4 people per km2. The total area of the town is 1,408.04 km2.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 6,770 residents
- Description: town in Ashoro district, Hokkaidō, Japan
- Also known as: “Ashiyorobute”, “Ashiyorobuto”, “Ashoro, Hokkaido”, “Ashorobuto”, and “Nishi-ashiyoro”
- Neighbors: Kamishihoro and Kushiro
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ashoro and Ashoro Museum of Paleontology.
Ashoro Museum of Paleontology
Ashoro Museum of Paleontology opened in Ashoro, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1998. The collection includes desmostylians and other fossils from the area as well as geological exhibits relating to the Onnetō Hot Falls.Ashoro
- Categories: town of Japan and locality
- Location: Ashoro Chō, Ashoro district, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.24483° or 43° 14′ 41″ northLongitude
143.55388° or 143° 33′ 14″ eastPopulation
6,770Elevation
117 metres (384 feet)Open location code
8RM56HV3+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 380514448OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2130603Wikidata ID
Q1186253
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ashoro” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أشورو”
- Asturian: “Ashoro”
- Burmese: “အရှောရိုမြို့၊ ဟော့ကိုင်းဒိုး”
- Cebuano: “Ashoro-chō”
- Chinese: “足寄町”
- Czech: “Ašoro”
- Dutch: “Ashoro”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اشورو”
- French: “Ashoro”
- German: “Ashoro”
- Hungarian: “Asoro”
- Indonesian: “Ashoro, Hokkaido”
- Indonesian: “Ashoro”
- Irish: “Ashoro”
- Italian: “Ashoro”
- Japanese: “Ashoro-chō”
- Japanese: “あしょろちょう”
- Japanese: “足寄町”
- Korean: “아쇼로정”
- Korean: “아쇼로초”
- Malay: “Ashoro, Hokkaidō”
- Malay: “Ashoro”
- Persian: “آشورو، هوکایدو”
- Polish: “Ashoro-chō”
- Polish: “Ashoro”
- Portuguese: “Ashoro”
- Russian: “Асёро”
- Russian: “Асиёро”
- Slovenian: “Ashoro”
- Spanish: “Ashoro”
- Swedish: “Ashoro”
- Thai: “อาโชโระ”
- Turkish: “Ashoro”
- Ukrainian: “Асьоро”
- Ukrainian: “Ашьоро”
- Vietnamese: “Ashoro, Hokkaidō”
- Vietnamese: “Ashoro”
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